SUBFAMILY II. — CAPSINvE. 



749 



Fig. 171, X 6. (Original). 



size on middle of its basal half; scutellum, clavus except base and inner 

 apical half or more of corium black; femora, coxae and usually the basal 

 half or more of tibia?, piceous. (Fig. 171). 



St. Joseph, Marshall, Marion, Putnam and Vigo counties, 



Ind., May 15— June 14. Say con- 

 sidered this a distinct species and 

 mentioned four color varieties. A 

 form in which the red hue is re- 

 placed by dull yellow is frequent 

 and was described by Walker 

 (1873, 93) as Capsus limbatellus. 



769b (1000a). Horcias dislocatus 

 coccineus (Emmons), 1854, 

 pi. 30, fig. 2. 

 Pronotum except collar, wholly red ; 

 scutellum usually wholly black, some- 

 times with a yellow median stripe; 

 elytra and legs as in the typical form, 

 the former often with only the clavus 

 in part red. 



Marion, Putnam, Vigo, Craw- 

 ford and Perry counties, Ind., 

 May 16 — June 20. Often occurs in numbers on the foliage of 

 the great ragweed, Ambrosia trifida L., growing along margins 

 of streams. 



769c (1000g). Horcias dislocatus residuus Van Duzee, 1912a, 484; 

 1916, 39. 



Pronotum wholly red; elytra and scutellum uniformly black. 



Known from Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota. 



769d (lOOOd). Horcias dislocatus marqinalis (Reuter), 1876, 75. 



Wholly piceous-black with only the narrow edge of costal margin 

 and sometimes the basal third of radial vein of elytra pale. 



Described from New York, not recorded elsewhere. 



769e (1000e). Horcias dislocatus nigrita Reuter, 1909, 41. 



Black or piceous-black; face, joints 3 and 4 of antenna?, tibiae, tarsi 

 and beak wholly or in part paler. 



Taken sparingly in Indiana as far south as Owen Co., May 



17 — July 10. Occurs with the typical form throughout its 



range, more often in moist places. The variety pallipcs Van D. 



(1912, 484) differs only in having the legs pale. Reuter (loc. 



